This is not about a scripture and this is not about church.
You aren't in or out, you cannot be damned or sainted.
But you can live with us, peacefully on planet Earth.
I propose a practice.
Where daily and life decisions are made upon one basis:
What is best for the Earth around me?
What will strengthen Gaia rather than further our damage?
This is a practice of mindfulness.
This mindfulness may lead to gardening.
You may decide to eat less meat.
You may become a recycling hero.
You may become a bike-to-worker.
You may join thousands of activists marching on capital hill.
But can we bring that practice deeper?
We must reveal to ourselves the spirit of the universe.
To bring balance between the wild and the humane.
We must meditate and look within us, the human race.
Look into our hearts for compassion.
And shed the rough skin that society has given us.
Only then may we find the spirit.
Right there within ourselves.
No western religion has found God as the essence of the universe.
So I create my own.
I pray to her every morning and night.
Meditate in her sanctuary.
Undulate in her atmosphere.
I give my heart out to Gaia and the spirit of the universe,
Every day that I dwell in this paradise.
"Progress of the Soul" by Alex Gray
And her kingdom
Will have no end...
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